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IAU Commission 54: Optical & Infrared Interferometry
PRESIDENT - Guy Perrin
Observatoire de Paris, section de Meudon
5, place Jules Janssen
F-92195 Meudon
FRANCE
Phone: +33 1 45 07 79 63
Fax: +33 1 45 07 28 06
Email: Guy.Perrin(@)obspm.fr
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VICE PRESIDENT - Stephen Ridgway
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
PO Box 26732
Tucson, Arizona 85716
USA
Phone: +1 520 318 8297
Fax: +1 520 318 8360
Email: sridgway(@)noao.edu
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Gilles Duvert (France)
Reinhard Genzel (Germany)
Christopher Haniff (United Kingdom)
Christian Hummel (Germany)
Peter Lawson (USA)
John Monnier (USA)
Didier Queloz (Switzerland)
Peter Tuthill (Australia)
Farrokh Vakili (France)
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SECRETARY - Gerard van Belle
European Southern Observatory
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2
85748 Garching
GERMANY
Phone: +49 89 3200 6546
Fax: +49 89 3202 2362
Email: gerard.van.belle(@)eso.org
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Mission Statement
The Commission on Optical/Infrared Interferometry serves to
coordinate international collaborations on scientific and technical
matters relating to long-baseline optical and infrared interferometry.
As a commission within Division IX (Optical and Infrared Techniques)
its focus is to establish scientific and technical
standards that facilitate the future growth of the field.
The Commission promotes the science of interferometry
through collaborations
with individual science commissions within the IAU, most particularly
with the Commissions on
Astrometry (C8),
Double and Multiple Stars (C26),
Variable Stars (C27), and
Theory of Stellar Astmospheres (C36).
The Commission continues the work begun through the Working Group on
Optical/IR Interferometry, which established
the Optical Interferometry Data Exchange format (published in 2005)
and its supporting software,
and continues the series of optical/IR interferometry imaging contests
(held in June 2004 and May 2006). The website of the Commission
is hosted at the Optical Long Baseline Interferometry News
(OLBIN). This website and its
associated
Email Forum
exist to further the interests of the optical interferometry community and
goals of Commission 54.
Working Groups
The work of the Commission takes place primarily within the
Commission's Working Groups.
These working
groups may include:
- Working Group on Interferometry Data Standards
- Working Group on Imaging Algorithms
- Working Group on Calibrator Stars
- Working Group on Future Large Arrays
Working Group on Intererometry Data Standards
Working Group Website |
Data Standard
The near-term goal of the working group is to develop enhancements to the OIFITS data exchange standard, in particular:
1) Standardise and incorporate existing practice into the standard;
2) Prioritise enhancements that would benefit a broad cross-section of the optical interferometry community;
3) Represent the interests of the major facility optical interferometers.
Working Group on Imaging Algorithms
Interferometry imaging beauty contests
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2006 |
2008
Working Group on Calibrator Stars
Working Group Website
Resources
The working group on calibrator stars belongs to the IAU Commission 54 on Optical/Infrared Interferometry, under the Division IX (Optical and Infrared Techniques) of the IAU.
Among the tasks of the working group are the coordination of the work on interferometric calibrator data bases carried out within individual interferometer projects, and the overview of resources and tools for observers looking for suitable calibrators.
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